When Ohio State meets Georgia in a College Football Playoff semifinal, the matchup comes in the Bulldogs' backyard in Atlanta.
in a BCS national championship game held in New Orleans and they outnumbered him and the rest of the traveling Buckeyes fans.Parallels could be drawn with that title game and Ohio State’s latest postseason destination. As in 2007, the Buckeyes are facing an SEC team in its backyard, meeting Georgia on Saturday in a College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl. The site is less than an hour-and-a-half drive from Athens.
The Alumni Club of Atlanta hosts watch parties for games throughout the season at Hudson Grille, a local sports bar chain in Sandy Springs, and draws up to 700 people. “When we played Alabama and Oregon, for both of those games, it was packed,” Murnahan said. “Shoulder to shoulder.” The Peach Bowl allotted 12,500 tickets to each of the schools after selling more than 50,000 to local residents earlier this year. Both Ohio State and Georgia“I don’t think it’s going to be that far off with Ohio State fans in that stadium,” Stokan added.
“It’s certainly going to be loud,” said OSU coach Ryan Day. “I know Ohio State is going to travel well, but we’ll also be ready for a loud environment and make sure we have all the tools ready if we need them.”
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